On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 3:29 AM Wenwen Wang <wang6495@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > In bio_integrity_prep(), a kernel buffer is allocated through kmalloc() to > hold integrity metadata. Later on, the buffer will be attached to the bio > structure through bio_integrity_add_page(), which returns the number of > bytes of integrity metadata attached. Due to unexpected situations, > bio_integrity_add_page() may return 0. As a result, bio_integrity_prep() > needs to be terminated with 'false' returned to indicate this error. > However, the allocated kernel buffer is not freed on this execution path, > leading to a memory leak. > > To fix this issue, free the allocated buffer before returning from > bio_integrity_prep(). > > Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > block/bio-integrity.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c > index 4db6208..fb95dbb 100644 > --- a/block/bio-integrity.c > +++ b/block/bio-integrity.c > @@ -276,8 +276,12 @@ bool bio_integrity_prep(struct bio *bio) > ret = bio_integrity_add_page(bio, virt_to_page(buf), > bytes, offset); > > - if (ret == 0) > - return false; > + if (ret == 0) { > + printk(KERN_ERR "could not attach integrity payload\n"); > + kfree(buf); > + status = BLK_STS_RESOURCE; > + goto err_end_io; > + } > > if (ret < bytes) > break; Looks fine: Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Ming Lei